Samoan Sign Language
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Deaf sign language of SamoaTemplate:SHORTDESC:Deaf sign language of Samoa
| Samoan Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Samoa |
BANZSL
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| IETF | asf-WS |
Samoan Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Samoa.
Much Samoan Sign Language is based on Australian Sign Language, though there are local signs for Samoan food.[1] It's not clear if this means Samoan Sign Language is related to Australian Sign Language, or if it merely has many loanwords from Australian Sign Language.
A short dictionary has been compiled for Samoan Sign Language, and evidently a separate dictionary has been compiled for American Samoan Sign Language.[2][3] "American Samoan Sign Language" may just be American Sign Language as used in American Samoa.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Monologue by Donna Lene on Nexus
- ^ Don Cabbage & John Peterson, 1990, Samoan Sign Language, vol. 1. International Communication Publishers. 166 pages.
- ^ Don Cabbage & John Peterson, 1990, American Samoa Sign Language, vol. 1. International Communication Publishers. 168 pages.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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